Hello,
I have 7 children and am currently pregnant with my 8th (accidentally, the only unplanned one).
I had a nuchal fold test but the operator said the baby was lying the wrong way and therefore it was hard to get a good reading -she took one anyway and it came out thicker than average at 3 but not over the limit of 3.5. Then my bloodwork came back as high risk too, 1 in 10 and combined with my age it gave a 1 in 3 risk of Down Syndrome.
I had an amnio and it's positive. Please don't judge me, but I've decided (after many tears and agonies) to have a termination BUT I still have this awful and tearing worry that the amnio might be wrong or that they mixed up my sample in the lab.
I know many people will call this denial but I don't think it's that...I'm just terrified that I might be terminating a perfectly normal baby as the scan was botched and the bloodwork came back as 1 in 10..yes very high but there's 9 chances in 10 that it's wrong. I've also read that 1/1000 results can be wrong, a lady apparently was given a false positive due to starting the menopause..probably rubbish I know but I'm soooo scared .
I know the amnio is supposed to be 100% but am so scared that in a lab where they'll be dealing with many high risk results, mine may have become mixed up.
I can't eat or sleep properly..I'd be so grateful for some help on this subject. The other children take up so much of my time that I can't cope with a child that may be very severely disabled, yet I'm terrified that I'm terminating a normal baby even though it wasn't planned and was a great shock.
Thanks so much to anyone who replies :)
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How accurate is amniocentesis please?
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AramintaAlice · 04/09/2010 08:32
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